Glad to see MRB rebranding their beers. It gives them a little more character. This is a lot better than their old Scotch porter for sure. Dark brown, like molasses. Creamy, tan head with streak lacing. Aroma is peated malt and hops- berries, spice, and pine. Earthy notes, and hints of coffee and vanilla. The flavor is well balanced with smokey and sweet from the malt, and some herbal and fruit qualities from the hops. A very good beer!

This one sits around that SRM of traditional porters and brown ales. The head was around 1/2" off white. The aroma hits of alcohol and some peat earthiness.

Taste is a thick, minor molasses/brown sugar. Good in small quantities, the mouthfeel is thick and viscous, there is a good amount of hopping in this to qualify as an English porter, but it is probably for the better. Good bitterness from the roasted and smoked malts as well as the hops which I suspect are Cascades. This is one of those cigar beers.

Pours very dark. Starts out somewhat sweet, then I get notes that mostly remind me of roast/char and citrus. The hops seem to be quite a bit more in the forefront than I usually detect in a porter. Not bad.

this was on special so i decided to try it out even though it wasn't on tap. it's a very smooth and drinkable beer on the lighter side of taste/feel for a porter. i ordered one last one at the end of the night because i wanted another one after trying some other beers.